Grading Policy

Your class grade will come from several different areas and will also be weighted, which means some areas are more important than others. The areas are as follows:

  1. Projects, Deadlines - 50% of your overall grade
  2. Professionalism - 25% of your overall grade
  3. DailyAssignments- 25% of your overall grade

Tutoring

Students having difficulty with the course are strongly encouraged to seek my help outside of class as soon as possible. Tutoring days and hours are generally on Thursdays from 3:45 – 4:30, but a time must be prearranged. For morning tutoring (any morning from 7:45 – 8:15), a pass must be issued ahead of time that will allow them to leave the common area in the morning.There are 4 times throughout the year that I have weekly Morning Duty. At those times, I will not be able to tutor in the morning.

Tardy Policy

A tardy occurs when a student is not in the room when the bell rings. When tardy students enter the classroom, they will sign in before going to their seats.

1st Tardy -----Warning

2nd Tardy ----- Parent notification

3rd Tardy ----- Student-Teacher conference at the beginning of lunch

4th Tardy -----Referral to Assistant Principal

Make Up Work

Absent work is work that is assigned when a student is absent. It is not previously assigned work that was due while the student was absent. It is the student's responsibility to obtain all information, content, and assignments missed during an absence. These should be collected on the first day a student returns to class. Students have three consecutive school days to turn in absent work without penalty. If a student misses a test or quiz, they must make arrangements to make it up within those three days.

Late Work

The late-work policy may be suspended with advance notice by the teacher for specified assignments.

1st day late: Maximum grade of 70

2nd day late: Maximum grade of 50

3rd day late: Maximum grade of 50

After 3 days late, students receive zero points, but the assignment may still be turned in to determine mastery of the content. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of due dates and to turn their assignments accordingly. The teacher is not required to remind students of late or missing work.

Bathroom/Hall Passes

One student is allowed to use the bathroom at a time and your agenda is used as your pass (please have your instructor sign it before you leave). The time between classes is the time to get your material and use the restroom, so the hall pass should be used only on rare occasions. This is a privilege that can be taken away if abused.

Clean up

Students are responsible for cleaning up their own work area.

The teacher will call “Clean-Up” about 5 minutes prior to the end of class each day. The students will:

Return all equipment and tools to the proper location or to the instructor

Clean the tables of all paper, materials, and debris

Store projects in assigned location

Place any other trash in the appropriate receptacle

Any student not cleaning up after themselves slows down the students that follow them at their workstation. They will receive a special clean up activity the following day.